How To Install python-pygeoif on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-pygeoif on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-pygeoif is basic implementation of the geo_interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygeoif on Debian 10.

What is python-pygeoif

python-pygeoif is:

PyGeoIf provides a GeoJSON-like protocol for geo-spatial (GIS) vector data.

So when you want to write your own geospatial library with support for this protocol you may use pygeoif as a starting point and build your functionality on top of it

You may think of pygeoif as a ??shapely ultralight?? which lets you construct geometries and perform very basic operations like reading and writing geometries from/to WKT, constructing line strings out of points, polygons from linear rings, multi polygons from polygons, etc. It was inspired by shapely and implements the geometries in a way that when you are familiar with shapely you feel right at home with pygeoif.

There are three methods to install python-pygeoif on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-pygeoif Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pygeoif using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pygeoif

Install python-pygeoif Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pygeoif using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-pygeoif

Install python-pygeoif Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pygeoif using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pygeoif

How To Uninstall python-pygeoif on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-pygeoif package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pygeoif

Uninstall python-pygeoif And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pygeoif and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pygeoif

Remove python-pygeoif Configurations and Data

To remove python-pygeoif configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pygeoif

Remove python-pygeoif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-pygeoif configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pygeoif

Dependencies

python-pygeoif have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pygeoif package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.